So far, I have covered how you can improve your chances of getting a job. To make this chapter more valuable, I wanted also to add the recruiter's views on talent. You can also check out Chapter 11, Expert Opinions on Getting Started with Cybersecurity, where we asked some questions that can help you to learn from some known industry experts. Being a recruiter might look easy to you, but they have many tasks to do, such as finding talent like you in a short time frame, while there is a huge skills shortage in the market:
As you can see, they have a pre-defined score card, so make sure to read the job description carefully and try to find common ground with it to prove that you are the right candidate.
Based on the McKinsey Global Survey, 82% of Fortune 500 executives don't believe that their companies recruit the most talented...